Atari 800 Instruction Manual

PREFACE
The ATA RI I!l Personal Financial Ma nagement System
rM
is tom orr ow ' sanswer fo r
bu dgeti ng you r persona l fi nances today . W ith this system you ca n kee p track of
all expe nses and i nco me . You ca n balance bank s tate me nts, ana lyze expen-
d itu res ove r a per iod of ti me, and forecas t yo ur spendi ng hab its and needs up t o
30 mon ths in th efuture.
As you read t his manual, you w ill see how en
joyab le yo ur perso nal book keep ing
canbe . The progr ams are exp
lai ned ste p by step, and diag rams are p rovided for
addi t io nal cla rif i ca tio n. ATA Rl's Person al FinancialManagem ent System can
help peop le, high sc hoo l age and up , to bud get successfu lly and to keep track of
their finances.
Aft er yo u hav e read t his m anu al and go ne t hro ug h t heent ire pro gram afew
t imes, yo u wi ll beable to wo rk by referring to t he Q uick Reference Card
(Q·Car d™ )enc losed w it h t his m anu al. Store t he Q-Card near t he co mpute r wh ere
it w ill be hand ywhen yo u use yo urperso nal f inance syste m.
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Atari 800 Specifications

General

Processor	MOS Technology 6502
Processor Speed	1.79 MHz
ROM	10 KB
Graphics	ANTIC and GTIA chips
Release Year	1979
Display Resolution	up to 320 x 192
Colors	128 colors
Sound	4 channels
Storage	Cartridge, cassette, floppy disk
Ports	Cartridge, serial, monitor
Operating System	Atari OS